Great win for the Windies. India shot themselves in the foot while batting. Windies bowled and fielded brilliantly in the last 20 overs but even then India should have managed much more than 240, at least around 260-270. The last game, I felt, was more of Windies winning than India losing. This one, I think, was lost by India more than won by the Windies. When u win the toss and bat first on a good track like that, u gotta do better than this. Rao and Kaif in the same team is ridiculous to say the least.

We miss you, Fardin. :(. RIP.

Originally Posted by vic_orthdox

In the end, I think it's so utterly, incomprehensibly boring. There is so much context behind each innings of cricket that dissecting statistics into these small samples is just worthless. No-one has ever been faced with the same situation in which they come out to bat as someone else. Ever.

Ramesh Powar and Suresh Raina have been picked for the Test series in West Indies after their impressive performances in one-day internationals. VRV Singh, the Punjab fast bowler, and Dinesh Karthik, the Tamil Nadu wicketkeeper, have also been included in the squad.

India opted to go for the third spinner in Powar and left out Ajit Agarkar and RP Singh. Robin Uthappa was also omitted as the selectors decided against the reserve opener for Virender Sehwag and Wasim Jaffer, who passed a fitness Test on Tuesday. Kiran More, the chairman of selectors, said that they had Mahendra Singh Dhoni to fill the opener's slot if needed.

That's it. As if there was any doubt, the Indian selectors have officially gone bat-**** insane. MS Dhoni as an opener. That'll be fun (for the Windies).